nee ee eee eee nee | te i | i 4 Sell CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, January 24, 1974 irk Rock and Mineral Club Local Club fo Display af Nelson Rock Show Mr. and Mrs. A. Burdett and Mr. and Mrs, 8, Hutcheson of the Nelson Kokanee Rock and Gem Club were guests at the January meeting of the Selkirk Rock and Mineral Club held at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Jim Horswill of Kinnaird, There were 14 members pre- sent. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved and a welcome extended to two new members and the guests, Mrs. Burdett explained how the Selkirk club can be of assistance in the forthcoming rock show that is being put on by the Nelson Rock and Gem Club. The Rock and Gem Show will take place April 25, 26 and 27 at the Peebles Motor Inn in Nelson. The members decided the Selkirk group would send a couple of displays to help in the show. All details would be worked out later and a report on the displays would be sent to the Nelson club before the first of March, Leslle Anderton reported on the trip to the H. and B. Mine which will take place Jan. 23 or 30, It will be an evening trip and members wishing to go" will be notified of the exact time and place’ to meet. Another trip is set for Feb, 2, This will be a snowshoeing trip and members planning to go should bring a lunch. Meeting place is the Rossland ‘Museum. A decision to put on a one-day show at Selkirk College in the fall was approved by the members and a conmittee was «Set up to make arrangements, Mrs. Glenna Stein will chair the committee with Lesley Anderton, Rose Paszty, Don Gillman and Harry Jack- son assisting her. The next meeting will be held Feb, 11 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Gillman of Robson. 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Corner of Pine Street and Columbia Avenue Fridays Open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m, Phone 365-7813 Council Members Asked fo Support Outlet For Library Facilifies in Kinnaird District Concern was shown at the annual meeting of the Kinnaird Public Library Association on Wednesday of last week when the members expressed their desire to. keep a library in Kinnaird. A spirited and dynamic discussion look place with the Castlegar Library boards, Fed- eral. funding for’ this grant amounted to $9,895. Special thanks was given to Allen Selbie who audited the Assocl- ation books at a time when he is so very busy with the amalga- mation duties of our city. Kinnaird librarian, Nick the two Tearies, The general feeling of the well attended meeting was that an outlet for library facilities in tenes should Hobart’s P! four- page report outlined the areas in which the library fails to meet the Notre Dame University Ubrarian, Ron Welwood, was guest speaker. His topic, “Our Little System”, covered the program for library develop- ment In the province and on the development of the Kootenay Regional Library System in particular, * At the very — enjoyable dinner prior to. the «annual meeting, Mrs. . Gladys Manshan as recommended by the: Libr- motion to ask Kinnaird éounell members to ‘support’ any. proposed referendum. for lib- rary facilities in the Kinnaird area was carried. ‘The board was thanked for its initiative in writing council on the’ future development of brary facilities on the Mara- thon Lands and urging its'use for civic and’ recreational development. About 40 people attended the fifth annual meeting of the Kinnaird Library Association held in the banquet room of the Hi Arrow. Arms on“ Jan, 16. Chairman Pat Romaine opened the meeting followed by’ the reading of the minutes of the Ist: annual meeting by Mrs. ‘Eileen Woods, B He then briefly. outlined some of the activities’ and highlights in 1973 and stressed that lack of space and inade- quate facilities continues to create a desperate situation. ‘Treasurer . Mrs. :\ Muriel Walton summarized her. well prepared financial ‘report not- ing | receipts—$13,970.37; , ex: penditures—$11,125.94) and book purchases—$6,248.30. Grants received during the year were: Town’ of. Kinnaird, $5,181; Library Development Commission, , $2,920;.. United ‘Appeal, $300; The: Leon,and ‘Thea Koerner Foundation, $750 and. Castlegar - and’. District Community Arts Council, $100. Mrs, Walton expressed her : thanks to Mrs. Marjorie Mac- Bain who so. capably ‘handled the bookkeeping for the LIP Grant under. joint; administra- tion of the Kinnaird . and Letterto the Editor, outery eae “the me of ‘TVperformances lately-brought. out on “Maude” and “All in the : Family" shows. y ‘They brazenly plaster sex all over , the screen’ and overflowing into “the living- rooms of’ viewers uncounted , numbers of which are children and teenagers whose sense of. morality is thus being formed. : Deformed would be a much more appropriate word since the quality and fibre of these shows’ are not’ cultural | or artistic anymore—although to some they may appear funny: which is. not’ justification enough to. allow. our. young generation to become. exposed to such cheapening, trashy and morally corruptive influences openly suggestive of ‘matters always considered to be'sacred and dealt with only in a sacred manner, namely—the creative and procreative powers of the’ divine nature of man. Is it possible the producers, have run out of decent material for these talented artists to act out for the admiring world, or is there some conspiracy on their. part to use the wonderful medium of TV to inspire the helpless audience—and espec-. ially the gullible impressionable youth—with ideas that sex is a cheap: and: convertible com- modity designed for — one's express enjoyment according to the whims and. caprices _ of passion ‘and physical desire? It does appear very much to be the case. But isn’t that what toppled the ancient civilizations who went over- board in chasing the shadows of their own bodily lusts which became more real to them than the Divine forces that created them? Is our present civilization more secure from such fate than was ancient Rome, Egypt, Greece and the rest? What are we, the adult, educated, ‘civil- ized, christian, 20th-century so-called advanced people thinking and doing about this, the trend of TV programing |. striking with deadly force directly upon the innocent Circulation analysis showed an’ increase of 114 per cent in'the past three years, and member. ship increase of app: \ was d with a token of appreciation for her many years. of service upon her retirement from the hoard of trustees. 60 per cent: He le hey. Mrs, has sup: ported ‘and worked for library for and desirability of, ‘ raw. locat The nominating commit tec's selection of eight former trustees and one new member . was elected unanimously by the membership. Trustees for 1974 in Kinnaird for 18 years, the last five as a trustee, chairman and. vice-chairman. Giftswere presented to-Mrs. |. Myrtle Symons and Mrs. Helen McLeod for their contribution to library development. hi.) Expressions of thanks 2 anil Re EINE Provincial Library Parliament Bldgs Victoria, B.C. .FIT-RITE SHOES Eremenko’s QUALITY. SHOES for the family R NEWS Published Every Thursday Morning at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” ig Dress — Casual: and VOL. 27, No, 5 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1974 15 CENTS PER COPY Our Footwear Will Meet the Need cof Any Type Work or Any Occasion i SMA READ THE CLASSIFIED ADS ‘New City Now ‘The infant elty born Jan. Ist. has now been officially named ‘Castlegar’, ‘The name was the cholce of 825 out of $99 votes cast in the Name the City. contest which officially closed at Pam: = ‘on Monday. j City clerk Allen Selbie estimates there were possibly 2,500 persons who | could have submitted a néme. There is no disputing the fact that a majority voted in favor of the name Castlegar, but new names showed a wide variety. SMITH’S PLUMBING & HEATING 61 Crescent Street, Castlegar — Phone 365-7531 Problems? Contact Us, We're Plumbing and ¥ Heating. Specialists The Robson Cub, Scouts and Rovers: Annual Bot- i te Drive will be held on i ready when © the boy's _ call Saturday morning. are: Mrs; ‘Trudy A Dr. Richard Hallett Mee Muriel Heagy, Mrs.’ Dawn Pantages, Tom: .Pearce, | Mrs. ‘Walton, Mta.Catrina Ward and Mrs. Eileen Woods. . Muriel.- were In a breakdown of entries, it was Selkirk’ 68, Castleaird 23, Castlegar- all the staff, ‘can council ‘and: residents whose community spirit ahd coopera- tion: has’ been deeply apprecl “ated. Funeral Service for Andrew Koorbatoff Held on. Weekend. A West Kootenay resident for’ 62) -years, Andrew Koorbatoff, 79, of Shoreacres, died. on. Wednesday’ of last week in Castlegar and District Hospital. % Funeral services were held last. Friday, . through = to Saturday from Shoreacres Hall. . ) Bornin Russia Oct. 6, 1894, -he came to Canada in 1898, settling in Arran, Sask. ‘He seame to Glade’ in. 1912. and. moved to Shoreacres in 1968. He was a member of the Spiritual, Communities .of Christ. . Mr. Koorbatoff is survived by his wife, Gloria; two sons, ‘Is it: democracy to allow serpents with deadly fangs.into _ people's premises, or :is it’ the invasion of Satan to destroy us who: have become unwary -by *acceptance of the. perverted idea: of “permissiveness” and” softened by the smooth talk of commercialists who have mas-, tered the science of salesman- ship to the extent that lies can be made to appear.as truth and poison’ as good as a nutrient. Sure, we can turn off the TV and not watch the program. But we; who live in’ places where there ‘is’ only ‘one station available (in this. in- stance KXLY. Spokane), “and this station carries both of the above every: week plus some others that. are becoming almost as bad, what choice have we got? < With children in the house “ how much control can there be, especially if the parents are away at the time? ?-\ lam wondering how many more persons’ are fed up and want to speak out. At least we have’ this right which has not - yet been abrogated © by. the advancing forces of our seem- ingly decontrolled civilization. SEP. -Slocan Park, B.C. ". Siocon Valley Proy. Business Licences 'Due Crescent Valley RCMP. have cissued’.a warning) to businessmen, ‘and to dog owners in‘ the Slocan Valley, :Uhat 1974 licences are due and that charges will be laid against persons >not having’ proper licences for’ their’ place of business or for their pets. Businessmen’ and dog owners are reminded that the necessary. licences, both provincial business licences and dog licences, can be picked up al the Crescent Valley RCMP Detachment offices, er at the javernment agent's office in Nelson. “SHOES THAT MAKE AN IMPRESSION" FOR SAVAGE SHOES AND ALL YOUR FAMILY FOOTWEAR Phone 365-7025 — Pine St. Castlegar Peter and Alex of Shoreacres; seven -grandchildren; © three great-grandchildren. and: one sister, Dora. Kinakin of Raspberry Lodge.” : “Burial took place in Shoreacres Cemetery with the Castlegar Funeral Home in Kinnaird 23, Twin Rivers 14, Kinnaird 11, Columbia city, 4, Sentinel City 4 shd Kootenay City, 3, Some 34 names were categorized under miscellaneous. “Among these “ were names both'serious and tongue- in-cheek, * including «Twin. Arrow, Harmony, Waterloo,” Arrow © City, Castlegar with a“K”, Landisgard, and by. some disenchanted voter, Dogtown. | “Retention ‘of the name Castlegar follows:a referendum held Dec. 8 in. : “which 65.6 per cent of those who voted were in favor. of amalgamation. : Castlegar voters were 67 percent ? in favor of the two towns joining forces, - while’ those from:Kinnaird were 64.5 per cent for amalgamation. |»: “The total vote then was 992 in _ favor‘ of) amalgamation » with : 520, against. There were 17 ballots spoiled. At‘\a = special council meeting KINNAIRD TRANSFER LTD. t A, (Tony) GERONAZZO, MANAGER EXCAVATION — HAULING — BACK HOES CONCRETE GRAVEL — PIT RUN GRAVEL TOP SOIL — 3% CRUSHED ROAD GRAVEL DRAIN ROCK — MORTAR SAND “Septic Tanks and Disposal Fields a Specialty” Phone 365-7124 : tin charge of Tuesday: night, the! winner or winners © rices Cut Final Clearance of the $500. prize or scholarship put up by.Municipal Affairs’ Minister’ James Lorimer. was the main issue discussed. Under, ion were the 438 entries giving * Castlegar: as © the name and’ also q ing thelr choice. with’a mice winners. soon as possible." i Because: aldermen felt they. now were’ very: famillar with each entry and the name of the person who submitted , it, the ‘choice ofthe best reason’ could‘ not be unbiased, ‘A committee of three community people:is now to be struck to consider these 486 entries. The entries will be coded and submitted with their reasons to the committee without the names of the persons who entered them. ‘The: in turn will then have to announce a winner or / No deadline is set for the fil nal decision other than, fas Landslide Approval with 825 Votes Out of 999 “ one more entry last Friday ‘f hall had received imniediate re , available to the public. ‘ Last Thursday. and Friday saw the biggest influx of entries. It was a serious business to most voters who, in the majority of explanations submitted, expressed concern over the costs which iwould Mrs, pra Bacon is shown here as she accepts 5 still * inquiries being ‘made! ‘even-:before ballots _were made from Ivar Reinsbakken. City, -Fesponse to the contest with” accompany a name change: ofor : Tox Assessment Appeals from Kinnaird Doubled The :number. of appeal ‘These areas fa under the 2 i } Deathiae. thereon OFF REGULAR PRICE Some os Low as... recéived this y year com 150'a ye ago. é iller said there was “no breakdown available as’ to’ “the type sof property; ‘residen- < * ‘/tial, commercial, industrial, etc. covered by the appeals, but'he stressed) that) the provincial Anyone, ving: in. these. office did not take with or appeals from: municipal)‘areas problems, hould contact.“Mr. such’ as the City of icle of four involved ‘in-an accident wil be held = in: ‘Castlegar Dee.'-11 of.'last, year" which Kinnaird on Feb. 14°at'10'a.m.- and 2 p.m. and in. Creston ‘on at approximately 6: p. 2-)Mr." Davie's” 1972 ‘car\‘was totalled when it became pinned between ‘a «large. Mack truck the rail'of the:bridge. Drivers of:the other three $9.99 WOOL PLAID SUMS ~ SALE TAN JAY Regular Price $19. 98 10.98 PANT SUITS V3 ana V2 oF AIR WME oa FOR ALL AIRLINES @ Reservations e@ Tours @ Hotel Accom. @ Travel Insurance “tests ‘to determine’ their: general physical cal + diet control and weight control;’as well es heart disease, will be made available at these testing *“atations. The fitness committee, which also é consists | of desk ‘McNabb of the local Heart Craig. Andrews of Selkirk College, would ike to see eyery club, group and organization turn out in force at the fitness ‘with Heart Month. DEPARTMMENT STORE, LTD. - Etgecrsnerees Your Link Hardware Deaier 3 “Use Your Chargex Credit.Card” etation. A trophy, which will be defended each year, is to be awarded to the most concerned organization. —Castlegar News Photo on the evel of Feb. 21 and again on the ' up oo the of ong 23 in the activity room at Stanley Humphries Secondary School. This will allow the public to go through a short series of - Phone 365-7782 occurred on the Brilliant Bridge A used for transporting chips and * No ‘Blame Antached fo ‘Anyone is Verdict i Fatal Accident on pags Nall UIn'giving their. verdict, the? He and his: wife Suisan then vattempted © *to'push «the “car. which: he‘ said ‘had ‘lights: and four-way. flashers illuminated. ‘The attempt proved | un- successful and he said he then wondered if the contour of the ‘. bridge would allow the moving of the-vehicle by rocking it. He’ was in the. process of attempting to rock the vehicle” when he noticed headlights approaching from the’ Nelson end of the bridge. ‘These were determined to -be that of the’ Davie vehicle, ; followed © by’ the MacDonald vehicle. - © ‘At about. the same time Mr. Wolfe noticed these lights, he was told by his wife that a -truck was coming behind him. =) She said it’ was coming. rather quickly and wouldn't be able to stop. Upon giving this warning, she immediately began to-run south on‘the bridge. Mr. Wolfe, said he then went to the sidewalk, and when the truck ‘showed ‘no signs of slowing down he, too, began to run south on the bridge. .- He said he did‘not see the collision. . He’. believes’ the back-end of the truck swung to ‘the right, narrowly missing him and blocked his vision. “A mechanic's report stated all vehicles were equipped with winter. tires, “had lights in working order and the Wolfe vehicle's gas tank was dry.. Mr. Wolfe in his statement said when the car stopped, he did not realize he was out of United Appeal : :Helds Annual ‘Meeting Tuesday Castlegar and District Un- ited Appeal held its annual meeting ‘last. Tuesday night with a complete financial review of 1973 and personal reports” from’ many of the district‘ organizations who are recipients of these funds. A complete report of this meeting will be carried in next week's Castlegar News. jury also d that the’ rock ‘outerop‘immediately ‘east ofthe north end of.the Brilliant Bridge be removed.to improve =-visibility at the north approach and further, that both ends of ‘the bridge be posted with signs stating “Caution, bridge deck ‘ahead may. be’ slippery.” Assessment Not Related To Disposition of Land Property owners in the Ontischenia area are being> assessed on improved land while the same parcels of land, which in theory are designated as rural land, are being kept under) the ‘agricultural land freeze. At the January meeting of Area’ J advisory'«. planning commission, a letter was sent to the ' provincial’ assessor in Nelson, with copies. to Ross- Iand-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy and Agricultural Minister D. ‘Stupich, requesting an explana- tion of the property taxes being levied in the Ootischenia area, Walter Koftinoff of Pacific Pump and Pressure I area long before zoning was put into'foree in Area J Mr. Koftinoffs problem regarding a building permit will be presented to the Regional District of Central Kootenay by director Martin Vanderpol. Mr. Koltinoff. was’ given the support of the advisory planning commission which was of the opinion’ a © storage building would be a more desirable alternative to” the unsightly mess that now exists in that particular area. Te presented’ his appeal to the advisory planning’ commission, He related apparent futile efforts: to. obtain a building permit for a storage building on a two-acre parcel of land in the Ootischenia district. He:. contends in the “that the \. by Kiwanis. Cifizen of the Year Named y ‘The Castlegar district's Good Citizen of the Year for 21978 is Mra. G. W. [Arlee] Anderson. ‘This was announced by Merv Rush, chairman of the Castleate Kiwanis Club's special citizen of the year ‘4 of the award will be made to Mrs. ; Anderson this coming Tuesday evening, at which time a resume of the honoree’s community activities will be Usted Mr. Rush said this is the first year the name of the award winner bas been made public prior to the special banquet. He said it has been done so that any friends of the Citizen of the Year may attend the banquet if they so desire. Business was in ‘Andre’ Lamarche Named Area Chairman. for First area chairman to be named: ta’ the’ 1974 ° Heart Sunday canvass is - Andre Lamarche of Kinnaird who will chair that particular area. This has been announced by campaign-chairman Albert Calderbank who also spoke of a banquet and dance planned for. Feb,, 23° to sheld” in conjunction ‘with: the ‘canvass and Fitness Week. « Activities “of the "local Heart Sunday Fitness Week is to have as many persons as possible check into the testing station set up at Stanley Humphries Secondary. Schoo! Feb. 21 and 23. A competition among the students of School District No, 9 is’ planned enlisting the students to’ accompany .their relatives to the testing station. Every student who. suc- cessfully brings ‘a relative will gain a*) point..).The ©’ most class. will receive Heart F “are ‘being . interlocked. : with. those of + Regional. Recreation Commis-: chairman’ of ‘Area planning > commissio: held ils first meeting of. 2074 ‘on Jan..18." | Vos Secretary is: Walter Gor. koff, ‘while’ trustees ‘for the planning are Wil- Recognition: P ‘stating. in the. ‘event; liam Kavaloff ‘and: Tony van Zyll de: Jong * of Blueberry Creek, Bill Stoochnoff and John Jmioff ‘of Ootischenia, Walter Member missing three. KC Days : Underway 2 Bonde, make this annual event bigger. and better. > ~ F--+ = This year's theme will be a= “continuation of “the ’ previous “River Boat” theme but: will, also carry an theme,. without: a. valid ‘reason,; that Member's appointment will’ be subject’ to review. “Birth of a City”:to call wide attention to our’ community's new status,’. e Introducin: Everyone enjoys a good - cartoons if Have’ you ever. aver "thought to the signature: that accompanies these cartoons? The readers of the Castle- gar News who. have’ enjoyed récent cartoons on our editorial -- page taylor-made with a local “slant, might well be interested in‘meeting “Nick”. uM Nick't is Nick ‘Hobart, who came from Great Britain a little over a’ year: ago and is- the, librarian “at. the Library, taking up these duties Oct. ist of last. year. "This is a job that put-him: ” among the books he enjoys and gives him;.time to pursue his ambitions.as a cartoonist. 7}¢ He also used this creative. talent’ to add» appropriate illustrations in the presentation of the library's referendum held -late last fall. +3" Nick, who “says he has always enjoyed cartooning and feels he had a good art teacher’ in’ his;school days, says the :; thing he feels is necessary to succeed is perseverance. and consistency. Perseverance is evident in the schedule he sels for himself of six batches of 10 to 12 cartoons to go aut:each week, | with a target of 100 cartoons to be created each month. Nick put himself into. the serious position of invading the field of professional cartoonists as recently as last April and has had a fairly ‘good degree of success in selling his, product. Oddly “enough,” his’ ‘first cartoon sold. to an English magazine and.not a Canadian one, but Nick has also had work Kisinaird Cartoonist : PESSSSSENS : Re accepted by-“Canadian Doctor”, a publication out of Montreal, He says you have to be mentally prepared to accept reject slips, Nick had a good word to say about the cartoon editor of the Saturday Evening Post, Starkey Flythe. Nick says he is the only man that has never Iet any of his cartoons return without personal comment or being initialed, fetting “the submitter know his material has actually been looked at, Just asa postscript, Nick is married and has two sons; seven-year-old Jim and_five- year-old Chris. While on a visit to Canada to see: his brother in April of 1972, Nick fell in love with the country. He returned. to Great Britain and soon severed his ties as a manager of electrical appliances in a cooperative retail outlet, bringing his family to a new life which they are meeling with enthusiasm. Se Saye Ba Da Pans at